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\f0\fs24 \cf0 >> Joanne: AFTER YEARS OF AN\ ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN COULD SCIENCE\
BE LEADING SAN DIEGO INTO A\ BOOM?\
ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE\ FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER TODAY\
NINE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE IN\ VARIOUS PARTS OF CONSTRUCTION.\
HERE TO TALK WITH GARY ROBINS\ AND JOE PANETTA, PRESIDENT AND\
CEO OF BIOCOM.\ GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING\
HERE.\ >> THANK YOU.\
>> Joanne: GARY, LET'S BEGIN\ WITH THE PROJECTS.\
GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF THE BIGGER\ ONES.\
>> THEY CARRY A VARIETY OF\ AREAS.\
MOST IS ABOUT MEDICAL\ BIO RESEARCH.\
DISCOVERY AND GETTING IT TO\ MARKET TO HELP PEOPLE.\
THERE IS A MAJOR NEW ENGINEERING\ BUILDING AT THE JACOBS SCHOOL OF\
ENGINEERING.\ THERE ARE A COUPLE THERE AT\
SCRIPT STUDYING THE STATE OF THE\ OCEAN AND WHAT IT CONTRIBUTES TO\
THE PLANET.\ AND A NEW PLANETARIUM THAT WILL\
BE OPENING UP.\ IT MAYBE MORE VISIBLE TO THE\
PUBLIC.\ SO, IT
COVERS A WIDE SPECTRUM\ BUT PRIMARILY BIO MEDICAL\
RESEARCH.\ >> Joanne: WE HAVE A SLUGGISH\
ECONOMY, WHAT IS DRIVING THIS\ \page THEN.\
>> THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY HAS BEEN\ GROWING OVERTIME.\
IN 2010 WE SAW A 5% INCREASE OF\ LIFE SCIENCE EMPLOYMENT IN SAN\
DIEGO.\ THERE IS A NEED TO DEVELOP NEW\
MEDICINES.\ WE HAVE GOT THESE INCREDIBLY\
EFFICIENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND\ SEQUENCES IN OTHER AREAS\
ALLOWING US TO TEST PRODUCTS AND\ DEVELOP PRODUCTS IN AN EFFICIENT\
WAY AND FASTER WAY.\ >> Joanne: DO WE KNOW WHERE THE\
MONEY IS COMING FROM FOR THE\ DEVELOPMENT.\
>> MOST COME FROM BONDS APPROVED\ BY VOTERS DURING INITIATIVES.\
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE MAJOR\ ELECTIONS THERE ARE BONDS FOR\
IMPROVING ROADS, SCHOOLS,\ RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.\
THE UC HAS MANY OF THOSE.\ >> Joanne: YOU MENTIONED\
QUALCOMM TOO.\ DO YOU SEE THESE PRIVATE/PUBLIC\
PARTNERSHIPS FUNDING THIS.\ >> YES.\
IN SAN DIEGO WE SEE A LOT OF THE\ PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.\
THERE ARE A LOT OF EXAMPLES.\ -- THE WEST WIRELESS INSTITUTE,\
THEY THINK THEY CHANGED THEIR\ NAME BUT QUALCOMM, THE\
CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY TAKING\ PLACE.\
THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE\ PARTNERSHIP GOING ON.\
>> Joanne: GARY, YOUR ARTICLE\ POINTS TO A TRANSLATIONAL\
RESEARCH INSTITUTION.\ TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS.\
>> IT WILL BE BUILT NEXT TO THE\ MOORES CANCER CENTER OFF THE 5\
AT THE UC SAN DIEGO FACILITY.\ THE IDEA IS TO PUT MORE CANCER\
RESEARCHERS IN THIS BUILDING.\ A 300,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.\
BRING IN PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS\ \page ALSO.\
YOU HAVE APPLIED RESEARCH AND\ INDUSTRY THAT IS GOOD AT TAKING\
DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATING IT TO\ NEW DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES.\
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL\ MEDICINE.\
>> Joanne: ISN'T THAT WHAT IS\ NEW TOO?\
I THINK FOR A LOCK TIME WE\ THOUGHT OF RESEARCH AT THE BENCH\
AND SCIENTISTS WERE NOT GOOD AT\ MARKETING THEIR DISCOVERIES.\
IS THIS WHAT SAN DIEGO IS\ GETTING GAD AT OR SCIENCE IS\
GETTING BETTER AT?\ >> I THINK SAN DIEGO IS AT THE\
FOR FRONT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING\ IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE LIFE\
SCIENCE IN DUST.\ >> Reporter: WE ARE SEEING\
MORE HAPPENING HERE IN THE WAY\ OF TRANSLATOR EARLY STAGE\
RESEARCH INTO A OPPORTUNITY TO\ TURN IT INTO PRODUCTS AND\
COMPANIES.\ THERE ARE PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN\
EFFORTS UNDER WAY IN SAN DIEGO\ TO CREATE THOSE FACILITIES.\
MERK ANNOUNCED A TRANSITIONAL\ FACILITY OCCUPYING A HUNDRED\
THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR . SO WE\ SEE IT AT UC MEDICAL SCHOOL IN\
TEACHING PHYSICIAN RESEARCHERS\ AS WELL.\
>> Joanne: WE HEAR SAN DIEGO HAS\ TO NOT JUST EXPANDED THEIR\
ECONOMY BUT DIVERSIFY.\ WE SAW IT HAPPEN IN THE EARLY\
90s.\ IS THIS SORT OF THE NEW, THE\
NEW, I WANT TO SAY THE NEW\ BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY WE'RE\
GOING TO HAVE TO ALL GET\ TOGETHER AND SAY THIS IS OUR\
FUTURE.\ >> WELL, THIS INDUSTRY EMPLOYS\
ABOUT 41,000 PEOPLE IN SAN\ DIEGO.\
IT CONTINUES TO GROW.\ \page THE DIVERSITY WE'RE SEEING IS IN\
THE TRANSLATIONAL FIELD AND NEW\ AREAS OF LIFE SCIENCE.\
ALGAE BIO FUELS AND OTHER FORMS\ OF BIO FUELS.\
THE INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH KNOWLEDGE\ GEE AREA, GREEN CHEMICALS.\
IT'S A NEW PHAGE THAT COULD\ DWARF THE PHARMACEUTICAL\
INDUSTRY.\ WE HAVE COMPANIES HERE DOING\
THAT AS WELL.\ >> Joanne: THANK YOU, WE HAVE TO\
LEAVE IT.\ THERE JOE AND GARY.\
YOUR STORY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF\ THE UT.\
THANK YOU.\ }